The Tibetan “Songs of Realization”
Oscar Carrera
27 April 2021
Music as a medium of awakening
Buddhist Monks Lead Japanese Fire-walking Festival
Justin Whitaker
16 March 2021
Event offers participants an opportunity to pray for health…
From Vesak to Solstice: Connecting Through Festival
Shaelyn McHugh
17 January 2020
How festivals bring us together, unite generations, and…
Hong Kong’s Sri Lankan Buddhist Community Celebrates Kathina
Raymond Lam
13 November 2018
Observing the end of the annual rains retreat
First Amaravati Buddhist Heritage Festival Sets World Record for Global Peace Chant
BD Dipananda
9 February 2018
Over 4 million people followed the three-day…
Chinese Buddhist Communities Celebrate Laba Festival
BD Dipananda
26 January 2018
Traditional festival is observed by visiting…
Falguni Purnima: Celebrating Family Reunions and the Buddha’s Life
BD Dipananda
31 March 2017
In South and Southeast Asia, important Buddhist festivals are often celebrated on the day of the full moon (Purnima). For instance, the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment,
The Khao Phansa Festival: The “Buddhist Lent” of Thailand
BD Dipananda
29 July 2016
Thailand’s Khao Phansa festival marks the beginning of the annual, three-month rains retreat for monastics (Pali: vassavasa), beginning the day after the full moon of the
The Dalai Lama’s Official Birthday Celebration in Los Angeles
Dorje Kirsten
17 July 2015
If there is one man alive today who is arguably the most universally recognized symbol of Buddhism it is Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
Shinto: The Way of, to, and with the Gods!
Gereon Kopf
19 June 2015
Travelers to Japan notice the impressive gates that mark Shinto shrines, in Japanese, torii, as well as the shimenawa, referring to a type of rope made from
Losar around Dharamsala
Dharma Eye
10 April 2015
On 19 February, my partner Olivier Adam and I took part in the ceremonies for the Tibetan New Year, or Losar, at Geden Choeling Nunnery
Wise Resolutions for the New Year
Luisa (Lulu) Cook
23 January 2015
The New Year is a time when many of us naturally reflect on our hopes and intentions for the year to come. It is a